Chicana/LatinaTestimonioson Effects and Responses to Microaggressions

Autor: Bert María Cueva, Lindsay Pérez Huber
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Equity & Excellence in Education. 45:392-410
ISSN: 1547-3457
1066-5684
DOI: 10.1080/10665684.2012.698193
Popis: Testimonio in educational research can reveal both the oppression that exists within educational institutions and the powerful efforts in which students of color 1 engage to challenge and transform those spaces. We utilize testimonio as a methodological approach to understand how undocumented and U.S.-born Chicana/Latina students experience the effects of and responses to a systemic, subtle, and cumulative form of racism, racist nativist microaggressions. We draw from critical race and Chicana feminist frameworks to understand the effects of microaggressions as embodied systemic oppression (Cruz, 2006; Moraga & Anzaldua, 2002b). Our analysis reveals that the students engaged and created counterspaces within K-12 institutions that challenged oppression and sought to transform the educational spaces that marginalized them. Throughout these findings, we explore the process of conocimiento (Anzaldua, 2002) that allowed the women to engage in reflection, healing, and celebration of their resiliency.
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